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EP-8RDA3+/Thermaltake Silent Boost

Has anyone ran into problems mounting this HSF, contacted Epox and they reffered me to AMD, they only list the Volcano 10 as a suitable HSF for my board, which is a Rev.2.0. My concern is the caps. on the backside of the CPU socket, could be clearence problems? Any info on rigs using this combo would be helpful, thanks in advance!

Re: EP-8RDA3+/Thermaltake Silent Boost

Originally Posted by gosling

Has anyone ran into problems mounting this HSF, contacted Epox and they reffered me to AMD, they only list the Volcano 10 as a suitable HSF for my board, which is a Rev.2.0. My concern is the caps. on the backside of the CPU socket, could be clearence problems? Any info on rigs using this combo would be helpful, thanks in advance!

Dan J.

It isn't an extremely large HSF; since I think EPOX adheres to the AMD CPU socket area clearance, I don't think you 'd have any trouble.

If you went with ZALMAN, you 'd have an extensive list of supported boards and even boards that can handle their HSF's with a small alteration ...
here f.e.: http://www.zalman.co.kr/product/cooler/7000(AB)_462MBlist_eng.htm

Re: EP-8RDA3+/Thermaltake Silent Boost

The silent boost fits your mainboard well, is real quiet and fairly efficient with stock cpu speeds, but the minute you raise the operating criteria of the cpu, this heatsink lags in keeping up with the increase in thermal output.

Re: EP-8RDA3+/Thermaltake Silent Boost

Re: EP-8RDA3+/Thermaltake Silent Boost

I got no problems installing Thermaltake Silent Boost on my old 8KRA2+ and after on 8RDA6+ PRO. It's a good HSF. But it's good only it gets dusty. There's no silence after. I've made a "cool" pair. The heatsink from Thermaltake Silent Boost and the fan from a Titan TTC-D9TB/CU35/R1. It's a good solution for me and also a silent one... And I think that the CPU is even cooler now.